Social Cohesion & Identity

Greece Confronts Golden Dawn As the Far Right Takes Aim at the European Union

Greece led a crackdown on Golden Dawn after a 2013 murder, while euroskeptic alliances formed across Europe.

Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens

EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.

Integrating Immigrant Youth: Transatlantic Perspectives

A four-city transatlantic study found uneven immigrant youth integration.

Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children

Tuareg Migration: A Critical Component of Crisis in the Sahel

For the Tuareg, a nomadic Berber group, continuous movement is both a survival strategy and cultural cornerstone.

Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses

Integration of Muslim migrants in Europe raises questions at the heart of public anxieties about immigration.

The Educational and Labour Market Trajectories of Young Adult Children of Immigrants in Europe and the United States

A panel discussion and book launch with Maurice Crul, Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam; Jozef De Witte, Director, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism; Michael Fix, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI; and Elizabeth Collett, Director, MPI Europe.

Exceptional in Europe? Spain's Experience with Immigration and Integration

Spain's pro-immigrant exceptionalism survived the economic crisis intact, but rising unemployment and a conservative government shift may finally erode it.

Identity and (Muslim) Integration in Germany

Germany's anti-Muslim sentiment—among the strongest in Western Europe—persists despite growing Muslim integration, exposing a gap that top-down policy alone cannot close.

Immigration and National Identity in Norway

Norway's success has paradoxically fueled resentment toward immigrants, deepening a societal rift between openness to diversity and fears of cultural pluralism.